Garment



June 9,1925. 1,541,440

. v S. SPERO GARMENT Originl Filed May 51, 1921 Patented June 9, 1925.

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SAMUEL srnno, or HoLLYv'Joon, CALIFORNIA. Y

, GARMENT. 3

Application filed May 31, 1921, Serial No. 473,727 Renewed Gctober 31, 1924.

To 0 7] whom it may CO'HCGWL.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SrnRo, a c1ti zen of the United States, resnhng at Hollywood, in the county of Los Angcles and Nut (eff q. i, v t 1( on e or. \iLl oinia, have. inven e( a new and useful improvement in Garments, of l which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementsin garments for the up-per portion of the body of a person as for example shirts, waists, inside coats'and outside coats, my'invention having been devised for embodiment, more particularly, in shirts for use byfpe'rsons engaged in hard labor, as for example labor ing men, soldiers, postmen and the like.

(inc of my Objects is to provide for the reenforcing of the elbow portions of the sleeves of the garment, and also reenforce the portions of the garment atthe cuffs and at the facings forming the sleeve vents adjacent the culls. T i

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear viewof a shirt constructed in accordance with 1ny' 'invention, a portion of one sleeve being broken away. Figure'2 is an enlarged section taken'at the line 2--2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrows; Figure 3 is an enlarged section taken at the line 3--3 on Fig.1 and viewed in the direction of 'the arrows. Figure 4 is an eiilarged section taken at the line 44 on- Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow. Figure 5 is a plan View of certain of the parts of which the body and sleeves of the shirt are formed, showing the relative positions occupied by these parts during the process of forming the shirt; and Figure 6 a plan view of the rcenforceinent for the sleeve, the position occupied by thes reenforcements being shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 5, the main parts of the body and sleeve-forming portions comprise a front body section 12 and rear body portion 13, and pairs of sleeve sections 14 and 15. The front portion 12 is shown as provided with a cut-away portion 16 at its upper end opening into a slit portion 17, as is usual in the fronts of shirt-s. The rear portion 13 of the body of the shirt is of the same general form as the front portion 12 and contains an opening 18 which, together with the opening 16, forms the neck opening of the shirt, the greater portion of this opening, as shown in this figure, being donated within the back portion 1 5. The

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lines of stitching indicated at 22.

sleeve portions, in Y the particular arrangement shown, areof such shape that the sections comprising each thereof are seamed, in the sewing together of the parts of the garment, along the seams directly opposed'and located at the O11l1' fLHCl ID DGY sides of the sleeve, though, if desired,each sleeve-fornii'ng portion'niay be'forined of a single piece Each sleeve section 15, which comprises the rear portions of the sleeves, is slit from. its outer extremity toward-the body of. the garment along the lines indicated'at 19. I V v I Inthe particular, illustrated, embodiment of I nyinvention reenforcing'm eans for the elbow portlons', cuffsand'faeings at the sleeve ends, are provided, these reenforcing means comprising two pieces of fabric 22 each slit from its outerextr'emity toward -its opposite extremity as represented at 23, the shape of these sleeve reenforcernent's' corresponding with the outer ends of the sieeve sections 15and the slits 23 registering with the slits 19 when these ieenfoi'cenients are applied to place;

In sewing the parts of the shirt together I to form the shirt the adjacentedges of the sect10ns 12 and 13 are sewed together, as in- 'dicated at 47," and the reenforcements 22 are then applied to the outer ends of the sleeve sectlons 15 to a position inwhiclrthey register tl'ierewith aritlthjslits 23 register with the slitslt), the curved,'dotted lines 28 inclicating in Fig, 5, the positions occupied by the inner ends of the reenforcements 22 when so positioned, these reenforcements being sewed to the sleeve sections 15 along the The sleeve sections 14 and 15 are then sewed together along the lines of stitching indicated at 29, the adjacent edges of these sections and the reenforcements being preferably turned upon themselves as illustrated in Fig. The sleeve portions of the garment thus partially assembled, and either before or after the cuffs and vent portions of the sleeves have been finished, are sewed at their wider inner ends, to the assembled sections 12 and 13 generally in the position shown in Fig. 5, along the lines of stitching represented at 30.

Vith the parts of the shirt thus assernbled to the extent described, the sleeve vents are formed and the cuffs are applied. In forming the vent in acocrdance with the illustrated construct-ion the outer facing is formed of a strip 31 of fabric having its opposite edges turned back, as shown, and a strip 32 of less width than the strip 31, these strips being sewed together along the line of stitching 33 and the strip 31 sewed to the reenforcement 22 and the sleeve section 15 at the inner side thereof along the line of stitching 34, the section 15 and the reenforcement 22 extending between the strips 31 and 32 and being secured to the strip 32 by the stitching 35. The inner facing of the vent is formed of a strip 36, the opposite edges of which are bent back upon themselves, this strip lying against the outer face of the reenforcement 22, the stitching represented at 37 and 38 securing together the strip 36, the reenforcement 22 and the portion of the section 15 lying at the inner side of the reenforcement. The facing portion, of which the strip 31 is a part, contains a buttonhole 39 to receive a button 40 carried by the underlying facing portion. The cufl' represented at 41 is formed in any desirable manner, it being stitched along the lines 42 and 43 of stitching to the outer ends of the sleeves, the stitching referredto not only passing through the sections of the body of the sleeve but also the reenforcements 22.

The portions of the garment assembled to the positions stated, are then folded so that the front and rear sections 12 and 13 are flatwise opposed and likewise the sections 14 and 15 are flatwise opposed, the edges of these portions then being stitched together along the stitching represented at 47 and 48 to close the body portion of the'garment at its outer sides and to close the sleeves at their inner sides. 4

The reenforcements 22 for the sleeve portions of the garment, in accordance with the illustrated embodiment, and which preferably extend upwardly on the sleeve to such a point that they will extend over the elbows of the wearer regardless of the iength of his arms, serve not only to reenforce the elbow portion of the shirt, but also reenforce and strengthen the facing portions and the seams joining the cuffs to the sleeve portions, preventing ripping and serving 'to greatly prolong the life of the garment.

While I have illustrated and described a particular construction embodying my invention, I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto as the same may be variously modified and altered without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A garment, the sleeve portion of which is formed with a seam extending lengthwise thereof and a strip of reinforcing material positioned fiatwise against the material forming the main portion of the sleeve at the elbow thereof extending therefrom toward the outer end of the sleeve, said sleeve being formed with a vent adjacent its outer end and presenting facings, said reinforcing strip extending across, and being stitched to, said facings to reinforce the latter, said sleeve also being provided with a cuff portion stitched thereto, said reinforcing strip and said material forming the main body portion of the sleeve extending into overlapped position relative to said cuff, with said stitching extending through said material, reinforcing strip and cuff, said reinforcing strip being stitched to the main portion of the sleeve along the seam which extends lengthwise of the latter.

SAMUEL SPERO. 

